Japanese
 NBRP Rat No: 0025 Strain NameZIMY/Kyo Commmon Name: ZIMY, zitter Masao Yamada
 Principal Investigator  Tadao Serikawa
 Organization   Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University Institute of Laboratory Animals
 Address  Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku

606-8501 Kyoto

 JAPAN
 Telephone  075-753-4360  Fax:  075-753-4409  serikawa@anim.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
 Inbred Generations   F48 
   
 Coat Color
 Deposition Status
 
 albino (c)
  Embryo      Sperm      Live Animals
 Usage Restrictions   
 Genetic Status   Inbred   Segregating   Congenic   Consomic    Recombinant 
  Coisogenic   Spont. Mutant    Transgene   Ind. Mutant    Others 
 Comercial Availability   
 Research Category   Diabetes Obesity    Neurobiology    Ophthalmology    Dentistry    Cardio- Hypertension 
  Oncology   Metabolism   Otorhinology    Immunology    Infectious Disease
  Osteology    Internal Medicine   Dermatology   Reproduction    Development
  Behavior    Hematology    Urology   Pharmacology   Others 
  Control Strains   Reporter gene Strains  
 Gene Atrn: attractin
 Origin ZIMY was produced by crossing tremor (TRM) rat and zitter (ZI) rat at Kyoto University but this strain is homozygous for <i>zi</i> and wild-type for <i>tm</i>. ZIMY (Zitter Masao Yamada) 
 Strain Characteristics vacuole formation, tremor 
 Breeding Conditions Good breeding performance. 
 Genotyping  
 References  山田昌夫、中島一男、山崎賢一、小岸克美、浅野裕三、藤田泰彦、芹川忠夫、山田淳三
行動異常を示す新しいミュータントラット系統(ZIMY)の開発
第40回日本実験動物学会総会要旨集1993